"According to the forensic officer's report, the poison seemed to be stuck to the plate that the victim was holding, only at the fingertips. I'm afraid..." a police officer said to Officer Megure.
Next, it was up to Officer Memu to figure out, "Since the investigation is based on this direction, it is estimated that the prisoner deliberately wiped it on the plate, so the poison must still be in the hands of the prisoner. To check each guest's belongings, start with
Anyone who eats in the same row as the prisoner will be investigated."
"Okay!" The police officer ran out and followed Officer Megure's instructions and began to search him.
Of course, Mouri Kogoro, Xiaolan, and Nan Mukong were not spared, and were all searched.
The items Nan Wukong brought were very simple, only house keys, mobile phone, wallet, and not even a handkerchief, or in other words, he didn't have the habit of carrying a handkerchief at all.
The results of the search came out soon, and Officer Megure was shocked, "What! No container containing poison was found!"
"Yes, there are no traces of poison on the handkerchiefs of the guests." The police officer reported.
Nan Wukong came out of the toilet and heard Officer Mu Mu's words, and said matter-of-factly: "This is not normal. It is obviously a murder. The prisoner must be prepared accordingly."
"It's Brother Nan!" Officer Memu said when he saw Nan Wu coming out of the toilet, thinking he had some special insights.
By the way, Officer Megure really calls everyone brother!
Officer Megure still remembered the case of Okino Yoko not long ago. The idea given by Nan Wukong was quite accurate, so this time he was ready to listen to his opinion, so he said: "Brother Nan, do you have any special ideas?"
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"Speaking of which, if the poison is placed at the bottom of the plate, then every guest here may be poisoned to death, so the prisoner must put the poison in a place where the deceased will definitely touch it." Nan Wukong explained his guess.
Come out, this should be easy to think of, but I don’t know why Officer Megure doesn’t think about it.
"I see, then the prisoner might be someone who was familiar with the deceased and knew his habits." Officer Memu suddenly clapped his hands and looked a little excited.
Why didn't he think of it?
Sure enough, my brain is very good at writing novels!
"Go and investigate the people who knew the deceased!" Officer Megure ordered his men again.
Nan Wukong watched the police officer leave, feeling sorry for the police officer being manipulated like this.
It’s really overwhelming at the level of officialdom!
"I don't think there is any need to investigate. There is this lady, the store manager, and this guy wearing a hat right in front of me." Mouri Kogoro pointed to the people who had communicated with the deceased before.
At this time, another police officer came over. He was previously responsible for investigating the identity of the deceased.
"Food writer?!" Officer Megure was not familiar with this profession. "Decedent, my wife is a food writer?"
Food writers are people who eat all over the world with their good tongue, and then publish in the media where they ate it, what kind of dish it is, how it tastes, what the ideal dish should taste like, how to make it taste better
.
"I heard that because the comments are too vicious, the reputation is not very good. It is inevitable to have enemies. And the restaurants he has praised will indeed have good business, while the restaurants he has commented harshly will have worse business. From now on
You can tell from one thing that he is a relatively influential person." The police officer told all the information he had collected.
"So, there is a motive for the murder. But the question is how did the prisoner poison him?" Officer Megure looked worried.
He dislikes cases involving a certain degree of publicity. If the Metropolitan Police Department is not handled well, its reputation among the public will become bad.
"Then let's start with these three." Officer Megure looked at the three people pointed out by Moori Kogoro.
After being corrected by other guests, the deceased had had quarrels and even physical conflicts with the guests who were dining in the same row.
"Are they all true? Brother Mouri." Officer Megure looked at Kogoro Mouri helplessly, his eyes, which were already small, narrowed even more.
"Hey! Officer, this old boy slandered me and Xiaolan, which made me very angry, but he was stopped by this little devil and that little devil." Mouri Kogoro pointed at Minami and Conan.
They were just witnesses, there was no physical conflict at all.
Officer Megure has already believed most of it. He was a colleague of Mouri and he still understands the character of Kogoro Mouri.
"Then what is the relationship between the three of you and the deceased? Although the police will also investigate, but now I want to know in advance." Officer Megure's words were a double entendre, implying that the three of them would investigate the truth and falsehood, so there should be no
There is an element of deception in it.
"This uncle is quite disgusting. He even scares children and has a loud voice that disturbs other people's meals." Nan Wukong touched Conan's dog's head. He also told Officer Memu that the deceased was a bad person.
Officer Memu nodded to express understanding, then looked at the three people, "First of all, the gentleman in the hat would like you to tell us about your relationship with the deceased."
The man in the baseball cap said: "Actually, this guy and I do have a problem. I came to this store before and told my wife that the flounder here is delicious, but this guy interrupted and said, 'This is not a flounder, but a seabass, Baga!'
Then he laughed at me loudly, making my wife and I very unhappy."
"Is it really a bass?" Officer Megure asked.
"Yes, after tasting it carefully, it is indeed sea bass." The man in the baseball cap lowered his head, knowing that his suspicion had become stronger.
"That is to say, he asked you to make a fool of yourself in front of your wife, right?"
The man in the baseball cap suddenly became ferocious and said loudly and excitedly: "Actually, it's not just that. Not long after, I don't know how this guy found my blog. He wrote a lot of bad things about me on the message board. It was obviously just the first time.
It’s just a meeting!!”
It seemed that the gap was such that he made a mistake, so he compensated by saying, "But I didn't want to kill anyone because of this."
Officer Megure was very serious, "But you are sitting next to my wife, and your suspicion cannot be eliminated with just one sentence."
"But I'm sitting to the left of that guy. The conveyor belt in this store goes to the left. It's impossible for me to poison the guy and still get it." The man in the baseball cap argued.
The store manager also testified that the conveyor belt is facing left.
Officer Memu pondered: "So, if he poisons, he has to wait for the conveyor belt to complete a circle..."
"That is, the lady sitting six seats to the right of the deceased had the opportunity to be poisoned." Officer Megure looked at the fat aunt, who had a lot of crow's feet on her face and was about 40 years old.
The fat aunt was startled, and then said angrily: "I'm not the murderer!"
"So, my wife has mentioned you in words before. What relationship do you have with him?"
The fat aunt calmed down and said tangledly: "It was because of this bastard's report that my store closed down. This guy was a regular customer of ours, but then he suddenly reported that the taste was so bad that it was worse than boxed sushi. Then the restaurant
It went bankrupt within a few months, and my husband even became ill and bedridden because of it, and passed away last month."
"So you also have a motive for killing. So is what my wife said is true?" Officer Memu's expression was serious, but in his heart he was extremely helpless and even sympathized with these suspects. The most important thing was that the character and reputation of the deceased were really poor.
The thing is, this guy is still famous.
"Then what can I do? The old chef in the store has retired because of his old age. The good chef who was going to take over suddenly stopped coming. There is nothing I can do about the bad taste! This is good.
The master opened a store by himself!" The fat aunt also became excited and glared at the store manager.
Officer Memu was shocked, "Could it be that... the master who took over is the manager of this store?"
The fat aunt nodded.
The store manager sighed and said: "That old master is my teacher, and I originally agreed. But there was nothing I could do. My wrist was injured at the time, and by the time I healed, your store had already closed down."
"Why is your wrist injured?" Officer Megure asked.
"Speaking of which, it also has something to do with my wife. This guy had an argument with someone. In a store where I worked before, this guy pushed me. My hand accidentally broke the glass and my wrist was seriously injured. Even now I
I can no longer make sushi. My sense of taste has not disappeared, so the disciples who are teaching me can have a source of income and open a restaurant again. This is the kind of relationship we have, police officer."
Officer Megure looked at the store manager sympathetically, but because of his profession, the most suspicious person inside was now the store manager.
"I think this store manager is a good person, and he is unlikely to kill someone!" Xiaolan said weakly, obviously sympathizing with the store manager.
Nan Wukong did not speak, but observed silently.
The skill of eating is gone, and cutting off people's money is like killing one's parents.
Although the suspicion is the highest, but...how did he poison him? There are so many classic three-choose-one plots that Nan Wukong can't remember the plot at the moment.
He can only rely on observation, although he also has a cheating method, which is to use his mental power to judge the opponent's mental fluctuations.
The prisoner's guilty conscience or other strange emotions can be captured.
"Now the store manager, you are the most suspect. There are so many people testifying, and you were also with the deceased at the time, so you have a chance to take action."
"It's impossible. Someone also proved that I didn't even touch the plate." The store manager said without any guilt.
"Then would you put poison in the deceased's favorite plate of sushi?" Officer Megure stared at the store manager, observing his expression.
"I don't know what kind of sushi he likes..." the store manager replied weakly to Officer Megure's question.
"Don't embarrass the store manager. Even if Officer Megure had the sushi that the deceased liked, he wouldn't have eaten it if he was in a bad mood at the time. If he was in a good mood, he might change it to a new flavor, so this statement is too unreliable.
! This will turn into a random murder case, which will make it even more troublesome, police officer." Nan Wukong couldn't help but said.
And such an annoying guy deserved to die! No wonder it was him who was killed!
Throughout the history of Conan, it seems that the annoying guys who appear in every episode cannot escape their bad luck...
"Uh... that's true, that's true." Officer Memu cursed himself in his heart, almost making the case more troublesome... He took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat, and wiped his sweaty hands again, Officer Megu
I changed my mood and decided to wait for the message from the forensic personnel before making a judgment.
This action inspired Conan, who had been meditating, to think of the modus operandi.
Nan Mukong also thought of something because of this action. After all, he didn't watch the Kindaichi boy incident for nothing. Being able to write it based on his memories also shows that Nan Mukong still has some talent.
"Then Mr. Aizono Osamu, Ms. Takemura Sikoko, and the store manager Mr. Namikidan, please wait for a moment. I have to wait for the news from the forensics personnel. Before then, you can't leave here." Officer Megure informed the three.
The person with the greatest suspicion. (To be continued)